John Slaven Biography and Net Worth

John Slaven is Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer for Alcoa, responsible for the daily operations of the Company’s global bauxite, alumina and aluminum assets.

John serves as a member of the Alcoa Executive Team, which sets the strategic direction for the Corporation.

He has extensive experience in the metals and mining business, including global experience in several commodities and industry sectors across the aluminum value chain.

Prior to his current role, John served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, where he was accountable for the Strategy, Corporate and Business Development functions and Supply Chain group as well as Energy Development.

Prior to joining Alcoa in 2019, he served for 13 years as Partner and Managing Director at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). In his last assignment, he led BCG’s practices for North American Metals and Mining and Infrastructure and Public Transport. Prior to BCG, John worked for nine years at BHP Billiton, where he held senior strategy and business development roles in both Perth, Australia, and Singapore in the Iron Ore, Minerals Exploration, and Aluminum, Manganese and Nickel business units.

From 2002 through 2006, John worked for Alcoa Inc., where he implemented its Asia growth strategy and the turnaround of its Latin America business. He also led Alcoa Inc.’s sales and marketing growth in Asia before returning to New York to lead the corporate strategy, and financial planning and analysis functions.

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, John served as a Sub-Lieutenant, Officer in Charge in the South African Navy. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cape Town.

John and his wife, Jeannine, have three daughters.